David Wills House hosts free programs on Lincoln Square
Debates focus on presidential election issues
(Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) - 6/29/2010
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CONTACT:
Jennifer Roth
Manager, David Wills House
(717) 334-2499
[email protected]
Westward expansion and the Kansas-Nebraska Act? Tax revenues from incoming states? What do these things have to do with 1860 Gettysburg?
Gettysburg, like much of the nation, was looking toward the upcoming November presidential election, an event that would bring the controversy of state’s rights and slavery to the breaking point. Westward expansion is a major theme of that controversy.
As one of the many programs that will recognize the four-year 150th commemoration of the Civil War, visitors are invited to join the David Wills House as it investigates some of these topics through a series of period debates on the square, Saturdays in July (with the exception of July 10), 1-3 p.m.
Experience what Robert G. Harper, editor of the Republican Adams Sentinel, thought of expanding the Missouri Compromise. Learn how Democrats viewed the role of national government in regards to state’s trading rights with other nations. Visitors are encouraged to join in the debate and let their voices be heard.
These debates are free to the public. The David Wills House is located at 8 Lincoln Square, Gettysburg. For more information, or to see a program schedule, call (866) 486-5735, 717-334-2499 or visit www.davidwillshouse.org.
The David Wills House is a new National Park Service museum telling the story of the battle’s aftermath, the effects it had on the town and the establishment of Soldiers’ National Cemetery. It features the room where President Lincoln finished one of the nation’s most immortal speeches…the “Gettysburg Address.” Museum highlights include the original bedroom furnishings used by Lincoln during his 1863 visit, two 15-minute informational films and personal photographs and artifacts of the Wills family. To learn more, visit www.davidwillshouse.org.
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